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The Twenty Best Things We Heard, Saw, And Discovered At The Green Man Festival

Our first visit to the brilliant Green Man Festival. Here are the twenty best things we heard, saw and discovered over the weekend. 1. The Parquet Courts live up to the hype Like the Ramones on speed, the four-piece transcended all the hype with the set of the weekend – a thrilling, occasionally ramshackle, breakneck excursion into punk, slacker pop and moshpit heaven, and in … Continue reading The Twenty Best Things We Heard, Saw, And Discovered At The Green Man Festival

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Garage, Indie, Music, Pop

MM Shorts 428: Best Friends

Sheffield garage pop quartet Best Friends have announced a brand new single in the form of AA-side Happy Anniversary / Nosebleeds which is to be released on 23rd September through Art Is Hard Records. Apparently the results of an encyclopaedic knowledge of WWF, a full set of achievements on Mario Kart and several crates of beer, the band have created something guaranteed to reach your most … Continue reading MM Shorts 428: Best Friends

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Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

MM Shorts 427: Ancient Times

The first vinyl release from Brighton’s Ancient Times is a double A-sided single in a limited edtion of 250. It features Nightschool and brand new track Hieroglyphic – both are classic indie-pop tunes, effectively mixing C86 jangle with some spiky post-punk aggression. Have a listen. We are currently away enjoying the delights of the Green Man Festival – we have scheduled a series of short posts to … Continue reading MM Shorts 427: Ancient Times

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Americana, Country, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock, Soul

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Promised Land Sound

Promised Land Sound emerged from the fertile Nashville garage scene – members have played with PUJOL, Denney and the Jets, and members of JEFF The Brotherhood and Those Darlins, among others – but have quickly evolved to deploy a more varied, country, soul and pop palette than many of their contemporaries. In fact we’re talking some down and dirty swamp boogie, Creedence style chooglin’ and … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Promised Land Sound

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> Spring King

Manchester based Spring King make maxed out wall-of-sound pop, dripping in frantic energy and slap-back delay. Having already drawn favourable comparisons with Kurt Vile and Iceage, first single proper Better Man draws from the anthemic full throttle drive of Springsteen, but through the fuzzed out trippy kaleidoscope of Ty Segall. Recorded at home in a broken bathroom, you can almost see the faded wallpaper and sickly … Continue reading Introducing >>> Spring King

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock, Soul

Live Review: Wilderness Festival 2013

And so it was Wilderness again (or Wildness if you were the somewhat disconnected and over-excited John Newman) – this year even bigger (an increase in capacity to 15,000) and still sold out. It is surely the premier boutique festival on the circuit in the undeniably stunning setting of Cornbury Park, which happily lies within a short walk of Mackerel Towers. By its nature it … Continue reading Live Review: Wilderness Festival 2013

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

MM Shorts 425: The Persian Leaps

The Persian Leaps are a four-piece noise pop band from St. Paul, MN. They’re releasing their 5-song debut EP, Praise Elephants on Aug 15, and while they think they sound like Big Star meets My Bloody Valentine, we think if we could play the guitar we would want to play it just like they do on this brilliant track Silent Treatment (click here for a name-your-price download). … Continue reading MM Shorts 425: The Persian Leaps

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MM Shorts 424: Gap Dream

Fantastic Sam from Gap Dream’s new long-player Shine Your Light is probably not typical MM fare, but damned if we haven’t been completely won over by the electro-glam undertones and the most infectiously catchy slab of dance-pop since, well since we don’t know when. Have a listen and we defy you not to tap something along to this tune. Out on Burger Records in November. Continue reading MM Shorts 424: Gap Dream

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Alternative, Blues, Electronic, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Videos of the Day: HABITS || Generationals || Kitten Pyramid || Detroit Rebellion

Rev up your Sunday with these videos from HABITS (trippy and hypnotic), Generationals (infectious, West Coast indie), Kitten Pyramid (experimental rock), and Detroit Rebellion (gritty blues). . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: HABITS || Generationals || Kitten Pyramid || Detroit Rebellion

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